Earlier today, Team Finland released their roster for their final training camp before the World Juniors. That roster includes 14 forwards, eight defensemen, and three goalies. The final roster can have 20 skaters and three goalies, so they will need to cut two more skaters at some point. At least one of those cuts [...]
I did my first projection of Team Finland for the World Juniors about a month ago (link). But because we got some new information from the U20 Four Nations tournament that was played in Helsinki about a week ago, I figured I’d share my updated projection now. This time, I also included my projection [...]
The 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship tournament will be played in Czech Republic. It starts on December 26th, 2019 and the gold medals will be handed to the champions on January 5th, 2020. Here is my early projection of what Team Finland – the reigning champions – could look like in that tournament. [...]
image courtesy of Yle *** That's a wrap! Team Finland are the 2019 WJC Champions. Hopefully our Canadian readers didn't quit following the tournament early after their unfortunate early exit, and our American readers aren't too emotionally snuffed after that fantastic finish. Here's a quick fantasy takeaway from the tourney: Official Players of [...]
image courtesy of Eyes on the Prize *** WJC Special January OHL Report December has been a wacky month as the league moves on, filled with a few large trades and the winds of change blowing the league into different directions as the top teams start to pull away from [...]
It’s the final day of 2018, and that means the only thing worth discussing right now is what’s happening at the World Juniors. The games are played at a terrible time for us Finns because the first games start at 11 PM whereas the last games start at 5:30 AM. Because of that, I’ve [...]
*** Click HERE to see Mason's PNHLe breakdown of Group A teams The World Junior Championship is the premier hockey prospect tournament and gives fans an opportunity to see their country’s, and favourite NHL team’s top prospects perform in a playoff intensity induced environment smack dab in the middle of the hockey season. [...]
The World Junior Championship tournament is just two days away. All teams have been playing pre-tournament games which are a great way to see how players are being utilized. Anything can change during a tournament but final pre-tournament lines are usually what you’ll see in the first game of the actual tournament. Because of [...]
The World Juniors is the premier hockey prospect tournament and gives fans an opportunity to see their country, and favorite NHL team’s top prospects perform in a playoff intensity induced environment smack dab in the middle of the hockey season. As the World Junior Championship fast approaches, I thought I would compile a [...]
Hi and welcome to the December edition of the Liiga report. I’ll be taking a closer look into players I have been watching closely for the past four weeks. With World Juniors starting in under a week, I’ll discuss some of the players who made Team Finland but also share a couple of notes [...]
